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- Updated: September 29, 2016
KANSAS CITY — Twins second baseman Brian Dozier was slated to remain in the lineup until the end of the season on Sunday, but manager Paul Molitor changed his mind amid Dozier’s 1-for-30 slump. Instead, Dozier was held out of the lineup against the Royals on Thursday.
Molitor said on Tuesday that he planned to play Dozier the rest of the year, but met with him before Thursday’s game to tell him he was going to get a mental break because of his slump. It was Dozier’s first time out of the lineup since May 23, snapping a streak of 113 straight starts.
Dozier, who has 42 home runs, is one homer shy of tying the Major League record for homers hit by a player who primarily played second base. Dozier is also two away from tying the MLB record for homers by a second baseman, as he hit two …
